David Harbin ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Amy Chastek <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Here's a list (man, did you open a can of worms for listmembers!)- >> >>It would really get ugly if you asked this same unsafe question about >>Bruckner symphonies. > >Here are what I'd go for with Bruckner: Carefully sidestepping the question of versions....:-) >1.? Tintner for the real Linz version (1866), Sawallisch (Orfeo) for the so-called Linz version. >2. Karajan/BPO Tintner, Eichhorn (both the first version which is my favourite). Asahina and Konwitschny are both terrific too. >3. Inbal/FRSO Oh no! Firstly this is the first version, which I have to admit I find a bit too much. I much prefer the 1877 and 1878 versions (almost identical) from Haitink, Sinopoli and Kubelik. >4. Celibidache/Munich PO (EMI) Actually my least favourite Bruckner symphony. I like Furtwangler's Munich performance and of course the legendary Boehm. >5. Furtwangler/BPO(1942)=Welser Most/LPO Both emphasise the drama at the expense of the architecture (W-M more tha Furtwangler). I'd add: Horenstein, Konwitschny, Jochum (pref the last, on Tahra), Eicchorn's Capriccio recording, made live in St. Florian. >6. NZSO/Tintner (despite the playing/poor editing)=Furtwangler/BPO (not >complete). I hear the recent Houston recording is worth a listen. Klemperer, Sawallisch. >7. Knappertbusch/VPO (1949)=Karajan/BPO (EMI) Rosbaud, Eichhorn, Tintner. >8. Wand/NDRSO (live Lubeck Cathedral)=Horenstein/LSO (live) Somehow I never find Wand's commercially-released recordings quite convincing - the adagio in the Lubeck performance is great but the rest doesn' IMHO match up. I'd certainly agree with Horenstein and would add: Furtwaengler (1944), Abendroth, Jochum (1948) and a host of off-air recordngs. >9. Giulini/VPO=Furtwangler/BPO, but I'd love to hear a really good >recording of the completed final movement Try Eichhorn on Camerata - also great performances of the first three movements. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]